What Environmental Change Is Believed to Have Led to a Radical

question 59

Multiple Choice

What environmental change is believed to have led to a radical change in the nomadic Paleolithic way of life?

• A) The climate in certain Near East regions became milder and wetter, resulting in increased fertility of the land.
• B) The swamps along the Mediterranean coast dried up, and land became available for cultivation.
• C) There was less precipitation, and floods-which had regularly devastated prime growing areas-ceased.
• D) The glaciers of the last Ice Age advanced, cutting back the land available for cultivation.

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